Working Families Refused to Be Silenced in the 2012 Election Despite Outside Spending
Election Day is behind us now (someone please tell Rep. Allen West [R-Fla.]), and thereās plenty to be happy about. Nov. 6, 2012, brought a wave of victories for working families and the defeat of some seriously scary candidates backed by billionaires and their deep pockets.
America's workers refused to let their voices be silenced by the nearly $1.5 billion in independent spending that poured into the election and nearly every candidate backed by Karl Roveās Crossroads conglomerate lost. Itās tempting in this atmosphere to say that Citizens United didnāt matter after all, and that unlimited spending isnāt a problem in U.S. politics. But letās not jump to premature conclusions on the basis of a single election. Karl Rove isnāt going anywhere , and thereās no guarantee the GOP and its billionaires will make the same stupid missteps next time around.


